According to sources speaking to ESPN on Sunday night, the Golden State Warriors completed a four-team trade that will allow guard Gary Payton II to pass
his physical and three more players James Wiseman (Detroit), Saddiq Bey (Atlanta), and Kevin Knox (Portland) to be cleared starting on Monday.
The Warriors will wait for an NBA investigation into the Portland Trail Blazers' alleged failure to submit important pre-agreement medical information, sources said.
The Warriors held up the deal after team physicians expressed worries about Payton's wounded abdomen.
According to insiders, if misconduct is discovered, the Blazers may lose draft picks and fines in addition to having
The Warriors' transaction of five second-round picks to the Blazers for Payton was revisited.
The deal sending Wiseman to Detroit, Bey to Atlanta, and Kevin Knox to Portland will be consummated, sources said, at 9:30 p.m.
ET deadline looms on Sunday night. The Warriors had been negotiating the matter with the league office all weekend.
According to insiders, Payton's medical with the Warriors found that his ongoing abdomen injury will keep
him out for a large portion of the season after he was acquired in a Thursday deadline trade with the Blazers.